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Herbarium

//hɜːˈbɛəɹi.əm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A collection of dried plants or parts of plants.

    "With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]"

  2. 2
    a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study wordnet
  3. 3
    A building or institution where such a collection is kept.

Etymology

From Latin herbārium. Doublet of arbor.

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